Do-not-disturb method and terminal

ABSTRACT

A do-not-disturb method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: displaying, by the terminal, an interface of a first application, then, if the interface of the first application includes a media playing window, and the first application is in a media do-not-disturb mode, determining whether any first media playing in the window was triggered by a playing operation of a user. If the playing of the first media in the window was triggered by the playing operation of the user, the method includes playing the corresponding media, and if the playing of the first media in the window was not triggered by the playing operation of the user, the method includes pausing or stopping play of the corresponding media. This method can avoid automatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2018/083963, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, which is hereby incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of terminal technologies, and inparticular, to a do-not-disturb method and a terminal.

BACKGROUND

With continuous optimization and improvement of various functions ofterminals in recent years, a do-not-disturb mode may be set on anexisting terminal. In the do-not-disturb mode, the terminal may beconfigured with a do-not-disturb time period, and an incoming callringtone, an SMS ringtone or the like will be muted in thedo-not-disturb time period. This assists a user in a time period whenthe user does not want to be disturbed. However, in a current trend,there are increasingly more applications having an automatic mediaplaying function on the terminal, for example, WECHAT, WEIBO, andTIKTOK. WECHAT is used as an example. A user opens Moments of WECHAT ona mobile phone, and when an advertisement playing window is displayed inthe Moments, an advertisement is automatically played. However, somemedia is not necessarily what the user really wants to watch, andautomatic playing of these media causes a waste of resources. Inaddition, if data traffic of the terminal is turned on, automaticplaying of the media consumes data traffic. This causes an economic lossto the user, and the prior art cannot resolve the problem.

SUMMARY

Embodiments contemplated herein provide a do-not-disturb method and aterminal, to reduce automatic playing of media in a terminal (such as anexisting terminal design), and reduce possible resource waste andpossible data traffic consumption.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment provides a do-not-disturbmethod, applicable to a terminal on which a first application isinstalled. The method includes: displaying, by the terminal, aninterface of the first application; if the interface of the firstapplication includes a media playing window, and the first applicationis in a media do-not-disturb mode, determining whether playing of firstmedia in the window is triggered by a playing operation of a user; ifthe playing of the first media in the window is triggered by the playingoperation of the user, playing the corresponding media; and if theplaying of the first media in the window is not triggered by the playingoperation of the user, pausing or stopping play of the correspondingmedia.

In this embodiment, the first application on the terminal may be set tobe in the media do-not-disturb mode, and the terminal may determinewhether the playing of the first media in the media playing window onthe interface of the first application is triggered by the playingoperation of the user; and if the playing of the first media in thewindow is triggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminalplays the corresponding media; or if the playing of the first media inthe window is not triggered by the playing operation of the user, theterminal pauses or stops playing the corresponding media. In thismanner, whether media is played in the media playing window isdetermined based on the playing operation of the user. This can avoidautomatic playing of the media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, when a condition for playing the first media inthe window is met, a player is created to play the first media, and acreation time point of the player is determined. When determiningwhether the playing of the corresponding media in the window istriggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminal determineswhether a target input event exists in obtained input events, where thetarget input event is an input event corresponding to the playingoperation of the user, a distribution time point of the target inputevent is earlier than the creation time point of the player, a timedifference between the distribution time point of the target input eventand the creation time point of the player is less than first presetduration, and the target input event is distributed to the firstapplication. If the target input event exists, the terminal determinesthat the playing of the first media in the window is triggered by theplaying operation of the user. If the target input event does not exist,the terminal determines that the playing of the first media in thewindow is not triggered by the playing operation of the user.

In this embodiment, the target input event determined by the terminalfrom the obtained input events needs to meet three conditions: 1. Thetarget input event is an input event corresponding to the playingoperation; 2. The distribution time point of the target input event isearlier than the creation time point of the player, and the timedifference between the two time points is less than preset duration; and3. An app to which the target input event is distributed is the same asan app on which the player is created. Based on the three conditions,the target input event may be accurately determined, in other words,whether the playing of the corresponding media in the window istriggered by the playing operation of the user may be accuratelydetermined. This manner can avoid automatic playing of media, which mayreduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, a processing load of amobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, when the terminal determines whether the targetinput event exists in the obtained input events, the following steps areperformed: determining whether a first input event corresponding to theplaying operation of the user exists in the obtained input events; ifthe first input event exists, determining whether a second input eventin which the time difference between the distribution time point and thecreation time point is less than the preset duration exists in the firstinput event; if the second input event exists, determining whether anapplication to which the second input event is distributed and anapplication on which the player is created are a same application; ifthe two applications are the same application, determining that thetarget input event exists, where the target input event is the secondinput event; and if the two applications are not the same application,determining that the target input event does not exist.

In this embodiment, it can be learned from the foregoing content thatthe target input event needs to meet the three conditions. In this case,when determining the target input event from the obtained input events,the terminal may determine whether an input event in the obtained inputevents successively meets the three conditions. If all the threeconditions are met, the input event is the target input event. In theprocess of determining whether an input event in the obtained inputevents successively meets the three conditions, a determining sequenceis not limited. For example, it may be first determined whether thefirst condition is met. After the first condition is met, it isdetermined whether the second condition is met. After the secondcondition is met, it is determined whether the third condition is met.Based on the three conditions, the target input event may be accuratelydetermined, in other words, whether the playing of the correspondingmedia in the window is triggered by the playing operation of the usermay be accurately determined. This manner can avoid automatic playing ofmedia, to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, a processingload of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, a package name of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a package name of thefirst application; and/or a process ID of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a process ID of thefirst application.

In this embodiment, the app to which the target input event isdistributed and the app on which the player is created may be the sameapp. Because one app corresponds to one or more processes, when one appcorresponds to one process, a mobile phone only needs to determinewhether the package name of the app to which the target input event isdistributed is the same as a package name of the app on which the playeris created, or the mobile phone only needs to determine whether theprocess ID of the app to which the target input event is distributed isthe same as a process ID of the app on which the player is created. Whenone app corresponds to a plurality of processes, after determiningwhether the package name of the app to which the target input event isdistributed is the same as the package name of the app on which theplayer is created, the mobile phone may further determine whether theprocess ID of the app to which the target input event is distributed isthe same as the process ID of the app on which the player is created. Inthis manner, whether the app on which the player is created and the appto which the target input event is distributed are a same app can beaccurately determined.

In a possible design, if the playing of the first media in the window isnot triggered by the playing operation of the user, and total durationof the first media is greater than second duration, the playing of thefirst media is paused or stopped.

In this embodiment, for some media that is not consciously triggered bythe user and that has relatively long playing duration, the terminal maypause or stop playing the first media. This manner can avoid automaticplaying of media, to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, aprocessing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, if the playing of the first media in the window isnot triggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminaldisplays a first control in the media playing window or in a pop-upwindow, where the first control is configured to trigger the playing ofthe first media; and when the first control is triggered, the terminalplays the first media.

In this embodiment, when the media playing window appears on theinterface of the first application, but the playing of the first mediain the window is unconsciously triggered by the user, the terminalpauses or stops media playing. However, the terminal may further displaythe first control. For example, when the terminal pauses or stops mediaplaying, the media playing window displays a black screen, but theterminal displays the first control in the media playing window or inthe pop-up window. If the user wants to play media, the user may triggerthe first control. In this manner, the terminal can avoid automaticplaying of media, to reduce resource waste. In addition, after mediaplaying is paused or stopped, the user may further trigger mediaplaying, to improve user experience.

In a possible design, first prompt information in a form of text or iconis displayed in the media playing window or in the pop-up window, toprompt that automatic playing is not allowed or prompt the user whetherto play the first media.

In this embodiment, when the media playing window appears on theinterface of the first application, but the playing of the first mediain the window is unconsciously triggered by the user, the terminalpauses or stops the media playing. The terminal may display the firstprompt information in the media playing window or in the pop-up window,to prompt that automatic playing is not allowed or prompt the userwhether to play the first media. In this manner, the terminal can avoidautomatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste. In addition, aftermedia playing is paused or stopped, the user may further trigger mediaplaying, to improve user experience.

In a possible design, in response to an operation of the user, or whenit is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal isin a conference mode or a mute mode, the terminal displays a firstinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the firstinterface includes a control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode; and in response to an operation of activating, bythe user, the control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode, the media do-not-disturb mode is enabled for all orsome applications on the terminal.

In this embodiment, the terminal displays, in a specific scenario (forexample, the user actively performs a setting process, or the datatraffic is turned on, or the terminal is in the conference mode), thefirst interface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode. The user mayenable the media do-not-disturb mode for all or some applications on theterminal by using the control on the first interface. This manner canavoid automatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, in response to an operation of the user, or whenit is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal isin a conference mode or a mute mode, the terminal displays a firstinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the firstinterface includes a control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode; in response to an operation of activating, by theuser, the control for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturbmode, the terminal displays a second interface for setting the mediado-not-disturb mode, where the second interface includes identifiers ofM applications and M controls for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode, the M controls respectively correspond to the Mapplications, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and inresponse to an operation of activating, by the user, one of the Mcontrols, the terminal enables the media do-not-disturb mode for anapplication corresponding to the control.

In this embodiment, the user may enable, based on a requirement of theuser, the media do-not-disturb mode for an application on the terminal.For example, if the user frequently uses WECHAT, the user may enable themedia do-not-disturb mode for WECHAT. This manner can avoid automaticplaying of media, to reduce resource waste, and data trafficconsumption.

In a possible design, in response to an operation of the user, or whenit is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal isin a conference mode or a mute mode, the terminal displays a secondinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the secondinterface includes identifiers of M applications and M controls forsetting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controlsrespectively correspond to the M applications, and M is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

In this embodiment, the terminal displays, in a specific scenario (forexample, the user actively performs a setting process, or the datatraffic is turned on, or the terminal is in the conference mode), thesecond interface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode. The user mayenable the media do-not-disturb mode for an application on the terminalby using the M controls on the second interface. This manner can avoidautomatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, when it is detected that the terminal accesses aWi-Fi network, the terminal prompts the user to disable the mediado-not-disturb mode, or displays the first interface.

Generally, when the terminal accesses the Wi-Fi network, the userprefers automatic playing of media. Therefore, in this embodiment, afterthe terminal is in the media do-not-disturb mode, if it is detected thatthe terminal has accessed the Wi-Fi network, the terminal may prompt theuser to disable the media do-not-disturb mode, or display the firstinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, and the user maythen disable the media do-not-disturb mode by using the control on thefirst interface. This helps improve user experience.

In a possible design, the terminal includes a display screen and amemory. The memory stores a software program and/or a module of thefirst application, and a software program and/or a module at a frameworklayer. The display screen displays the interface of the firstapplication. The framework layer determines whether playing of the firstmedia in the window is triggered by the playing operation of the user.The framework layer plays the corresponding media if the playing of thefirst media in the window is triggered by the playing operation of theuser. The framework layer pauses or stops playing the correspondingmedia if the playing of the first media in the window is not triggeredby the playing operation of the user.

In this embodiment, when the media playing window appears on theinterface of the first application, the framework layer determineswhether the playing of the first media in the window is triggered by theplaying operation of the user. If the playing of the first media in thewindow is triggered by the playing operation of the user, the frameworklayer plays the media. If the playing of the first media in the windowis not triggered by the playing operation of the user, the frameworklayer pauses or stops playing the media. This manner can avoid automaticplaying of media, to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, aprocessing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, when the interface of the first applicationincludes the media playing window, the framework layer creates a playerto play the first media. The framework layer determines a creation timepoint of the player. Determination, by the framework layer, of whetherthe playing of the first media in the window is triggered by the playingoperation of the user includes: the framework layer determines whether atarget input event exists in obtained input events, where the targetinput event is an input event corresponding to the playing operation ofthe user, a distribution time point of the target input event is earlierthan the creation time point of the player, a time difference betweenthe distribution time point of the target input event and the creationtime point of the player is less than a first preset duration, and thetarget input event is distributed to the first application; if thetarget input event exists, the framework layer determines that theplaying of the first media in the window is triggered by the playingoperation of the user; and if the target input event does not exist, theframework layer determines that the playing of the first media in thewindow is not triggered by the playing operation of the user.

In this embodiment, the framework layer determines whether the playingof the first media in the window is triggered by the playing operationof the user, in other words, the framework layer determines whether thetarget input event exists in the obtained input events. If the targetinput event exists, the framework layer determines that the playing ofthe first media in the window is triggered by the playing operation ofthe user. If the target input event does not exist, the framework layerdetermines that the playing of the first media in the window is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user. This manner can avoidautomatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides a do-not-disturbmethod, applicable to a terminal on which a first application isinstalled. The method includes: displaying, by the terminal, aninterface of the first application, where the interface of the firstapplication includes a media playing window; receiving requestinformation that is sent by the first application and that is used tocreate a player; if the first application is in a media do-not-disturbmode, determining whether generation of the request information istriggered by a playing operation of a user; and if the generation ofrequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the user,creating the player to play corresponding media.

In this embodiment, when the first application on the terminal is in themedia do-not-disturb mode, if the media playing window appears on thescreen that is of the first application and that is displayed on theterminal, the first application generates the request information usedto request to create the player. The terminal determines whether thegeneration of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user. If the generation of the request information istriggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminal plays thecorresponding media. If the generation of the request information is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminal pauses orstops playing the corresponding media. In this manner, whether media isplayed in the media playing window is determined based on the playingoperation of the user. This can avoid automatic playing of the media, toreduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, a processing load of amobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, the request information includes a generation timepoint at which the request information is generated. Determining whethergeneration of the request information is triggered by a playingoperation of a user includes: determining whether a target input eventexists in obtained input events, where the target input event is aninput event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thegeneration time point of the request information, a time differencebetween the distribution time point of the target input event and thegeneration time point is less than first preset duration, and the targetinput event is distributed to the first application; if the target inputevent exists, determining that the generation of the request informationis triggered by the playing operation of the user; and if the targetinput event does not exist, determining that the generation of therequest information is not triggered by the playing operation of theuser.

In this embodiment, the target input event determined by the terminalfrom the obtained input events needs to meet three conditions: 1, thetarget input event is an input event corresponding to the playingoperation; 2, the distribution time point of the target input event isearlier than the generation time point of the request information, andthe time difference between the two time points is less than presetduration; and 3, an app to which the target input event is distributedis the same as an app on which the player is created. Based on the threeconditions, the target input event may be accurately determined, inother words, whether the generation of the request information istriggered by the playing operation of the user may be accuratelydetermined. This manner can avoid automatic playing of media, to reduceresource waste, data traffic consumption, a processing load of a mobilephone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, when the terminal determines whether the targetinput event exists in the obtained input events, the following steps areperformed: determining whether a first input event corresponding to theplaying operation of the user exists in the obtained input events; ifthe first input event exists, determining whether a second input eventin which the time difference between the distribution time point and thecreation time point is less than the preset duration exists in the firstinput event; if the second input event exists, determining whether anapplication to which the second input event is distributed and anapplication on which the player is created are the same application; ifthe two applications are the same application, determining that thetarget input event exists, where the target input event is the secondinput event; and if the two applications are not the same application,determining that the target input event does not exist.

In this embodiment, it can be learned from the foregoing content thatthe target input event needs to meet the three conditions. In this case,when determining the target input event from the obtained input events,the terminal may determine whether an input event in the obtained inputevents successively meets the three conditions. If all the threeconditions are met, the input event is the target input event. In theprocess of determining whether an input event in the obtained inputevents successively meets the three conditions, a determining sequenceis not limited. For example, it may be first determined whether thefirst condition is met. After the first condition is met, it isdetermined whether the second condition is met. After the secondcondition is met, it is determined whether the third condition is met.Based on the three conditions, the target input event may be accuratelydetermined, in other words, whether the generation of the requestinformation is triggered by the playing operation of the user may beaccurately determined. This manner can avoid automatic playing of media,to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, a processing load ofa mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, a package name of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a package name of thefirst application; and/or a process ID of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a process ID of thefirst application.

In a possible design, if the generation of the request information isnot triggered by the playing operation of the user, the terminaldisplays a first control in the media playing window or in a pop-upwindow, where the first control is configured to trigger creation of theplayer to play the first media; and when the first control is triggered,the terminal creates the player to play the first media.

In a possible design, first prompt information in a form of text or iconis displayed in the media playing window or in the pop-up window, toprompt that automatic playing is not allowed or prompt the user whetherto play the first media.

In a possible design, a condition for playing the first media in thewindow includes: all or some parts of the media playing window isdisplayed, or the media playing window is displayed in the center of adisplay screen of the terminal.

In a possible design, in response to an operation of the user, or whenit is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal isin a conference mode or a mute mode, the terminal displays a firstinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the firstinterface includes a control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode; and in response to an operation of activating, bythe user, the control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode, the media do-not-disturb mode is enabled for all orsome applications on the terminal.

In a possible design, that in response to the operation of activating,by the user, the control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode, the media do-not-disturb mode is enabled for all orsome applications on the terminal includes: in response to the operationof activating, by the user, the control for setting whether to enablethe media do-not-disturb mode, displaying a second interface for settingthe media do-not-disturb mode, where the second interface includesidentifiers of M applications and M controls for setting whether toenable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controls respectivelycorrespond to the M applications, and M is an integer greater than orequal to 1; and by respectively responding to operations of activating,by the user, N controls in the M controls, enabling the mediado-not-disturb mode for N applications corresponding to the N controls,where N is an integer less than or equal to M.

In a possible design, in response to an operation of the user, or whenit is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal isin a conference mode or a mute mode, the terminal displays a secondinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the secondinterface includes identifiers of M applications and M controls forsetting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controlsrespectively correspond to the M applications, and M is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

In a possible design, when it is detected that the terminal accesses awireless network, the terminal prompts the user to disable the mediado-not-disturb mode, or displays the first interface.

In a possible design, the terminal includes a display screen and amemory. The memory includes a software program and/or a module of thefirst application, and a software program and/or a module at a frameworklayer. The display screen displays the interface of the firstapplication. The framework layer obtains request information that isgenerated by the first application and that is used to request to createthe player. The framework layer determines whether the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the user.If the generation of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user, the framework layer creates the player, to playcorresponding media. If the generation of the request information is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user, the framework layerrejects or discards the request information.

In this embodiment, when the media playing window appears on theinterface of the first application, the framework layer obtains therequest information used to request to create the player, and theframework layer determines whether the generation of the requestinformation is triggered by the playing operation of the user. If thegeneration of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user, the framework layer creates the player to playmedia. If the generation of the request information is not triggered bythe playing operation of the user, the framework layer rejects ordiscards the request information. This manner can avoid automaticplaying of media, to reduce resource waste, data traffic consumption, aprocessing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, the request information includes a generation timepoint at which the first application generates the request information.Determining, with the, framework layer, whether the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the userincludes: the framework layer determines whether a target input eventexists in obtained input events, where the target input event is aninput event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thegeneration time point of the request information, a time differencebetween the distribution time point of the target input event and thegeneration time point is less than first preset duration, and the targetinput event is distributed to the first application; if the target inputevent exists, the framework layer determines that the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the user;and if the target input event does not exist, the framework layerdetermines that the generation of the request information is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user.

In this embodiment, when the media playing window appears on theinterface of the first application, the framework layer obtains therequest information used to request to create the player, and theframework layer determines whether the generation of the requestinformation is triggered by the playing operation of the user.Specifically, the framework layer determines whether the target inputevent exists in the obtained input events. If the target input eventexists, the framework layer determines that the playing of the firstmedia in the window is triggered by the playing operation of the user.If the target input event does not exist, the framework layer determinesthat the playing of the first media in the window is not triggered bythe playing operation of the user. This manner can avoid automaticplaying of media, which may reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment provides a do-not-disturbmethod. The method is applicable to a terminal. The method includes:when the terminal is in a media do-not-disturb mode, if a player iscreated in a running process of the first application on the terminal toplay media, determining whether an input event that matches a playercreation event exists, where the input event is an input event that maytrigger a playback activity; if the input event exists, playing, by theterminal, the media; and if the input event does not exist, pausing orstopping, by the terminal, playing the media.

In this embodiment, the terminal may be set to a do-not-disturb mode,and the player may be created in the running process of the firstapplication. For example, when a media playing window appears on aninterface of the first application, the player may be created.Alternatively, when the first application (an SMS application or a phoneapplication) receives information or an incoming call from anotherterminal, the player may be created. After creating the player, theterminal determines whether an input event that matches the playercreation event exists. If the input event exists, it indicates that theplayer creation event is actively triggered by a user. If the inputevent does not exist, it indicates that the player creation event is notactively triggered by the user, but is automatically triggered by thefirst application or triggered due to another reason. If the playercreation event is actively triggered by the user, the terminal plays themedia. If the player creation event is not actively triggered by theuser, the terminal pauses or stops playing the media. This manner canavoid automatic playing of media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, and power consumption.

In a possible design, the determining, by the terminal, whether an inputevent that matches a player creation event exists includes: determining,by the terminal, a creation time point of the player, and determining,by the terminal, whether a target input event exists in obtained inputevents, where the target input event is an input event corresponding toa playing operation of the user, a distribution time point of the targetinput event is earlier than the creation time point of the player, atime difference between the distribution time point of the target inputevent and the creation time point of the player is less than firstpreset duration, and the target input event is distributed to the firstapplication; if the target input event exists, determining that theinput event that matches the player creation event exists; and if thetarget input event does not exist, determining that the input event thatmatches the player creation event does not exist.

In a possible design, when the terminal determines whether the targetinput event exists in the obtained input events, the following steps areperformed: determining whether a first input event corresponding to theplaying operation of the user exists in the obtained input events; ifthe first input event exists, determining whether a second input eventin which the time difference between the distribution time point and thecreation time point is less than the preset duration exists in the firstinput event; if the second input event exists, determining whether anapplication to which the second input event is distributed and anapplication on which the player is created are the same application; ifthe two applications are the same application, determining that thetarget input event exists, where the target input event is the secondinput event; and if the two applications are not the same application,determining that the target input event does not exist.

In a possible design, a package name of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a package name of thefirst application; and/or a process ID of an application to which thetarget input event is distributed is the same as a process ID of thefirst application.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment provides a terminal,including a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to storeone or more computer programs. When the one or more computer programsstored in the memory are executed by the processor, the terminal isenabled to implement the method in any one of the first aspect or thepossible designs of the first aspect. Alternatively, when one or morecomputer programs stored in the memory are executed by the processor,the terminal is enabled to implement the method in any one of the secondaspect or the possible designs of the second aspect.

Alternatively, when one or more computer programs stored in the memoryare executed by the processor, the terminal is enabled to implement themethod in any one of the third aspect or the possible designs of thethird aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment further provides a terminal.The terminal includes modules/units for performing the method in any oneof the first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect.Alternatively, the terminal includes modules/units for performing themethod in any one of the second aspect or the possible designs of thesecond aspect. Alternatively, the terminal includes modules/units forperforming the method in any one of the third aspect or the possibledesigns of the third aspect. These modules/units may be implemented byhardware, or may be implemented by hardware by executing correspondingsoftware.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment further provides acomputer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumincludes a computer program, and when the computer program is run on aterminal, the terminal is enabled to perform the method in any one ofthe first aspect or the possible designs of the first aspect.Alternatively, when the computer program is run on a terminal, theserver is enabled to perform the method in any one of the second aspector the possible designs of the second aspect. Alternatively, when thecomputer program is run on a terminal, the first terminal is enabled toperform the method in any one of the third aspect or the possibledesigns of the third aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment further provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product is run on a terminal,the terminal is enabled to perform the method in any one of the firstaspect or the possible designs of the first aspect. Alternatively, whenthe computer program product is run on a terminal, the terminal isenabled to perform the method in any one of the second aspect or thepossible designs of the second aspect. Alternatively, when the computerprogram product is run on a terminal, the terminal is enabled to performthe method in any one of the third aspect or the possible designs of thethird aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware architecture of a terminalaccording to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of triggering, by a terminal by using aninput event, an app to play a video in the prior art;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a software architecture of a terminalaccording to an embodiment;

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are a schematic flowchart of a do-not-disturb methodaccording to an embodiment;

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of setting an app in a terminal accordingto an embodiment;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of setting an app in a terminal accordingto an embodiment;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of setting an app in a terminal accordingto an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of displaying first prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of displaying, by a terminal, that mediais in a paused state according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of displaying second prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 9A and FIG. 9B are a schematic diagram of displaying second promptinformation by a terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of displaying third prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of displaying third prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of displaying third prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of displaying third prompt information bya terminal according to an embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment;and

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following describes the technical solutions in the embodimentsprovided herein with reference to the accompanying drawings .

In the following, some terms in the embodiments are described, to help aperson skilled in the art have a better understanding.

A terminal in the embodiments may also be referred to as user equipment(UE). Various applications (apps for short in the following description)may be installed on the terminal, for example, WECHAT, email, andmicroblog. The terminal may be a smartphone, a tablet computer, variouswearable devices, a vehicle-mounted device, or the like.

An operating system (OS) in the embodiments provided herein is the mostbasic system software running on the terminal. For example, in asmartphone, the operating system may be an Android system or an IOSsystem. In the following, the Android system is used as an example fordescription. A person skilled in the art may understand that in anotheroperating system, a similar algorithm may also be used forimplementation.

Generally, a plurality of applications may be run on the terminal at thesame time. In a simpler variation, one application may correspond to oneprocess, and in a more complex variation, one application may correspondto a plurality of processes. Each process has a process ID.

In an example in which a user performs a touch operation on atouchscreen, the touchscreen detects the touch operation, and generatesa corresponding hardware interrupt. After receiving the touch operation,a kernel layer of the operating system processes the touch operationinto an original input event (including information about, for example,touching coordinates and touching a corresponding time stamp) and storesthe original input event in a device node in the kernel layer. Aframework layer reads the original input event from the device node, andperforms processing such as translation and encapsulation on theoriginal input event, to obtain an input event that includes moreinformation. Then, the framework layer distributes the input event to aninterested application or software module, and the application or thesoftware module responds to the received input event, for example,updates a window picture of the application or the software module orperforms a specific operation.

Media in the embodiments provided herein includes streaming media(including audio, video, and the like), and further includes a systemnotification tone such as a short messaging service (SMS) ringtone andan incoming call ringtone. The system notification tone may be storedlocally in the terminal. The streaming media may be understood as mediathat is obtained by encapsulating (compressing, encoding, andpackaging), by a network device, data such as video data and sound data,sending the encapsulated data to the terminal based on a specific timesequence, and decapsulating and playing, by the terminal, received datawhile subsequent data continuously arrives at the terminal.

“A plurality of” in the embodiments provided herein indicates “two ormore”.

In addition, it should be understood that in the description, terms suchas “first” and “second” are merely used for distinction description, andshall not be understood as an indication or implication of relativeimportance or an indication or implication of an order.

An embodiment provides a do-not-disturb method and a terminal. Themethod is applicable to the terminal. FIG. 1 is a diagram of a structureof a possible terminal. Refer to FIG. 1. The terminal 100 includescomponents such as a radio frequency (RF) circuit 110, a power supply120, a processor 130, a memory 140, an input unit 150, a display unit160, an audio circuit 170, a communications interface 180, and awireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module 190. A person skilled in the art mayunderstand that the structure of the terminal shown in FIG. 1 does notconstitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal provided inthis embodiment may include more or fewer components than those shown inthe figure, or combine some components, or have different componentarrangements.

The following describes components of the terminal 100 in detail withreference to FIG. 1.

The RF circuit 110 may be configured to receive and send data in acommunication or call process. Specifically, after receiving downlinkdata from a base station, the RF circuit 110 sends the downlink data tothe processor 130 for processing, and sends to-be-sent uplink data tothe base station. The RF circuit 110 usually includes but is not limitedto an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a lownoise amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, and the like.

The RF circuit 110 may further communicate with a network and anotherdevice through radio communication. Any communications standard orprotocol may be used for the radio communication, including but notlimited to a global system for mobile communications (GSM), a generalpacket radio service (GPRS), code division multiple access (CDMA),wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), long term evolution(LTE), email, SMS, and the like.

A Wi-Fi technology is a short-range radio transmission technology. Theterminal 100 may be connected to an access point (AP) by using the Wi-Fimodule 190, to implement access to a data network. The Wi-Fi module 190may be configured to receive and send data in a communication process.

The terminal 100 may be physically connected to another device by usingthe communications interface 180. Optionally, the communicationsinterface 180 is connected to a communications interface of the otherdevice by using a cable, to implement data transmission between theterminal 100 and the other device.

In this embodiment, the terminal 100 can implement a communicationservice and send information to another contact. Therefore, the terminal100 needs to have a data transmission function. In other words, acommunications module needs to be included in the terminal 100. AlthoughFIG. 1 shows communications modules such as the RF circuit 110, theWi-Fi module 190, and the communications interface 180, it may beunderstood that the terminal 100 includes at least one of the foregoingcomponents or another communications module (for example, a Bluetoothmodule) configured to implement communication, to perform datatransmission.

For example, when the terminal 100 is a mobile phone, the terminal 100may include the RF circuit 110 and the Wi-Fi module 190. When theterminal 100 is a computer, the terminal 100 may include thecommunications interface 180 and the Wi-Fi module 190. When the terminal100 is a tablet, the terminal 100 may include the Wi-Fi module.

The memory 140 may be configured to store a software program and amodule. The processor 130 runs the software program and the modulestored in the memory 140, to execute various function applications ofthe terminal device 100 and process data.

Optionally, the memory 140 may mainly include a program storage area anda data storage area. The program storage area may store an operatingsystem (mainly including software programs or modules respectivelycorresponding to a kernel layer, a framework layer, an applicationlayer, and the like). The application layer may include variousapplications, for example, an application having a media automaticplaying function. The data storage area may store multimedia files suchas various pictures and video files.

In addition, the memory 140 may include a high-speed random accessmemory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, atleast one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, oranother volatile solid-state storage device.

The input unit 150 may be configured to receive digit or characterinformation entered by a user, and generate key signal input related touser settings and function control of the terminal 100.

Optionally, the input unit 150 may include a touch panel 151 and anotherinput device 152.

The touch panel 151 is also referred to as a touchscreen, may collect atouch operation (for example, an operation of the user on the touchpanel 151 or near the touch panel 151 by using any appropriate object oraccessory such as a finger or a stylus) of the user on or near the touchpanel 151, and drive a corresponding connection apparatus according to apreset program. Optionally, the touch panel 151 may include two parts: atouch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touch detectionapparatus detects a touch direction of the user, detects a signalbrought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touchcontroller. The touch controller receives touch information from thetouch detection apparatus, converts the touch information intocoordinates of a touch point, and then transmits the coordinates to theprocessor 130, and can receive and execute a command sent by theprocessor 130. In addition, the touch panel 151 may be implemented invarious types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infraredtype, and a surface acoustic wave type.

Optionally, the another input device 152 may include but is not limitedto one or more of a physical keyboard, a function key (for example, avolume control key or a power on/off key), a tracking ball, a mouse, acontrol lever, and the like.

The display unit 160 may be configured to display information entered bythe user or information provided for the user, and various menus of theterminal 100. The display unit 160 is a display system of the terminal100, and is configured to present a screen to implement human-computerinteraction.

The display unit 160 may include a display panel 161. Optionally, thedisplay panel 161 may be configured in a form of a liquid crystaldisplay (LCD) screen, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or thelike.

Further, the touch panel 151 may cover the display panel 161. Afterdetecting the touch operation on or near the touch panel 151, the touchpanel 151 transmits the touch operation to the processor 130 todetermine a type of a touch event, and then the processor 130 provides acorresponding visual output on the display panel 161 based on the typeof the touch event.

In FIG. 1, the touch panel 151 and the display panel 161 act as twoindependent components to implement input and output functions of theterminal 100. However, in some embodiments, the touch panel 151 and thedisplay panel 161 may be integrated to implement the input and outputfunctions of the terminal 100.

The processor 130 is a control center of the terminal 100, is connectedto all components by using various interfaces and lines, and executesvarious functions of the terminal 100 and processes data by running orexecuting the software program and/or the module stored in the memory140 and invoking data stored in the memory 140. Therefore, a pluralityof services based on the terminal are implemented.

Optionally, the processor 130 may include one or more processing units.Optionally, the processor 130 may integrate an application processor anda modem processor. The application processor mainly processes anoperating system. The modem processor mainly processes radiocommunication. It may be understood that the modem processor mayalternatively not be integrated into the processor 130.

The terminal 100 further includes the power supply 120 (for example, abattery) configured to supply power to the components. Optionally, thepower supply 120 may be logically connected to the processor 130 byusing a power management system, to implement functions such as chargemanagement, discharge management, and power consumption management byusing the power management system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 100 further includes the audio circuit170, a microphone 171, and a loudspeaker 172, and may provide an audiointerface between the user and the terminal 100. The audio circuit 170may be configured to convert audio data into a signal that can beidentified by the loudspeaker 172, and transmit the signal to theloudspeaker 172. The loudspeaker 172 converts the signal into a soundsignal for output. The microphone 171 is configured to collect anexternal sound signal (for example, a sound of a person speaking, oranother sound), convert the collected external sound signal into asignal that can be identified by the audio circuit 170, and send thesignal to the audio circuit 170. The audio circuit 170 may further beconfigured to convert the signal sent by the microphone 171 into audiodata, and then output the audio data to the RF circuit 110 for sendingto, for example, another terminal, or output the audio data to thememory 140 for subsequent processing.

Although not shown, the terminal 100 may further include at least onesensor, a camera, and the like. Details are not described herein.

The following describes a background technology related to embodimentsdisclosed herein.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of triggering, by an input event, an appto play a video in the prior art. In FIG. 2, a terminal is a mobilephone 200 as an example, and an Android system is used as an example. Asshown in the figure, a software architecture of the mobile phone 200mainly includes three layers: a kernel layer, a framework layer, and anapplication layer. Certainly, in the software architecture shown in FIG.2, a system runtime library layer (not shown in FIG. 2) may further beincluded between the kernel layer and the framework layer. The systemruntime library layer supports an upper layer, namely, the frameworklayer. When the framework layer is used, the Android operating systemruns a C/C++ library included in the system runtime library layer toimplement a function to be implemented by the framework layer.

The kernel layer mainly includes a driver of an input/output device (akeyboard, a touchscreen, an earphone, a loudspeaker, a microphone, orthe like) and a device node. A user performs an input operation by usingthe input device. The kernel layer generates a corresponding originalinput event based on the input operation, and stores the original inputevent in the device node.

The framework layer mainly includes an input manager service (IMS) and asystem window management service (WMS). An input reader (not shown inthe figure) in the IMS may perform processing such as translation andencapsulation on the original input event stored in the device node, toobtain an input event that includes more information, and send theobtained input event to the WMS. The WMS stores a tappable area (forexample, a control) of each application, location information of a focuswindow, and the like. Therefore, the WMS can correctly distribute theinput event to a specified control or focus window.

The application layer includes an application having a video playingfunction, for example, a web browser, an instant messaging application,or a video application (for example, YouTube or Youku) that speciallyprovides video content. For example, the input operation is a tapoperation. If an input event corresponding to the tap operation isdistributed to a play control in the web browser or the instantmessaging application, the web browser or the instant messagingapplication starts a player at the framework layer by invoking a mediaplayer interface at the framework layer. Then, the web browser or theinstant messaging application plays a video. In FIG. 2, the media playerinvokes a playback activity monitor interface, and monitors a pausestate, a playing state, or the like of the player by using a playbackactivity monitor.

The foregoing describes a process in which the user triggers, byperforming an input operation, the app to play the video. For an appthat has a media automatic playing function, for example, WECHAT, WEIBO,or TIKTOK, a video playing process is different from the foregoingprocess. For example, when using WECHAT, the user taps the touchscreento open a display interface of WECHAT Moments. When a media playingwindow appears on the display screen, WECHAT automatically triggers,without a playing operation of the user, the framework layer to create aplayer, to implement automatic playing of media such as anadvertisement. Such media playing that is unconsciously triggered by theuser may not be desired by the user, and such automatic advertisementplaying may cause resource waste, and may further consume data traffic,increase a processing load of the mobile phone, waste power, and evenaffect a data uploading speed or a data downloading speed of anotherrunning process (for example, software downloading and photo cloudsynchronization).

An embodiment provides a do-not-disturb method and a terminal. In themethod, the terminal is in a media do-not-disturb mode. When theterminal creates a player, the terminal may determine whether thecreation of the player is actively triggered by a user. If the creationof the player is actively triggered by the user, the terminal playsmedia. If the creation of the player is not actively triggered by theuser, the terminal pauses playing the media. This method can avoidautomatic playing of the media, to reduce resource waste, data trafficconsumption, a processing load of a mobile phone, power consumption, andan impact on a data uploading speed or a data downloading speed ofanother running process.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware framework of a terminalaccording to an embodiment. Correspondingly, FIG. 3 is a schematicdiagram of a software architecture of a terminal according to anembodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the software architecture of theterminal 100 mainly includes three layers: a kernel layer, a frameworklayer, and an application layer. Compared with FIG. 2, a function ofidentifying an input event that is in input events and that may triggera playback activity is added to an IMS in FIG. 3. A function ofcomparing distribution information of the input event identified by theIMS with information about creating a player on an application on theterminal 100 is added to a playback activity monitor. Details aredescribed below.

Functions of the kernel layer, the framework layer, and the applicationlayer and same parts as those shown in FIG. 2 are not described hereinagain. It should be understood that FIG. 1 shows the hardwarearchitecture in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows the softwarearchitecture in this embodiment. A software program and/or a modulecorresponding to the software architecture in FIG. 3 are/is stored inthe memory 140. The processor 130 runs the software program and anapplication that are stored in the memory 140 to perform the followingprocesses:

(1) After reading the original input event from the device node andprocessing the original input event to obtain the input event thatincludes more information, the IMS identifies the obtained input event,and identifies a first input event, where the first input event includesan input event that may trigger a playback activity. Then, the IMSdistributes the first input event to a corresponding app (for example,app 1) at the application layer by using the WMS. The IMS recordsdistribution information of the first input event, for example, apackage name , a process ID, and a distribution time point of the app 1.

(2) When the app 1 is run, because of a playing operation of the user,or because the user unconsciously activates a playing window whenbrowsing an application screen, or in another case, the app 1 invokes amedia player interface at the framework layer to create a player, themedia player also needs to record related information about creating theplayer, for example, the package name and the process ID of the app 1 onwhich the player is created, and a creation time point. Then, the app 1invokes the playback activity monitor interface at the framework layerand sends the information about creating the player to the playbackactivity monitor.

(3) The playback activity monitor may obtain the distributioninformation of the first input event recorded in the IMS. Then, theplayback activity monitor searches for a second input event from thefirst input event, where a distribution time point of the second inputevent is earlier than the creation time point, and a time differencebetween the distribution time point and the creation time point of theplayer is less than preset duration. Then, the playback activity monitordetermines whether the package name (or the process ID) of the app 1 towhich the second input event is distributed is the same as the packagename (or the process ID) of the app 1 on which the player is created. Ifthe package names are the same, media is played, for example, the app 1invokes a media player start interface (not shown in the figure) at theframework layer to play the media. An implementation in the prior artmay be used, though embodiments provided herein are not limited thereto.If the package names are different, the playing of the media is paused,for example, the app 1 invokes a media player pause interface (not shownin the figure) at the framework layer to pause the player. When thepackage names are different, the playing of the media may alternativelybe stopped, for example, the app 1 invokes a media player stop interfaceat the framework layer to stop playing the media.

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B show a do-not-disturb method according to anembodiment. In the following description, a mobile phone is used as anexample for description. It should be understood that a hardwarearchitecture of the mobile phone is shown in FIG. 1, and a softwarearchitecture is shown in FIG. 3. A software program and/or a modulecorresponding to the software architecture of the mobile phone are/isstored in the memory 140. The processor 130 runs the software programand an application that are stored in the memory 140, to perform aprocedure of the do-not-disturb method provided in this embodiment. Asshown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the procedure of the method may includethe following steps.

S401: The mobile phone detects that the mobile phone is currently in amedia do-not-disturb mode.

Similar to a scenario mode such as a conference mode or an outdoor mode,the mobile phone may also have a media do-not-disturb mode, and a usermay enable the media do-not-disturb mode on the mobile phone. It shouldbe noted that, in this embodiment, unless otherwise specified, the“media do-not-disturb mode” is a mode in which automatic playing ofmedia is not allowed. For example, when WECHAT is in the mediado-not-disturb mode, automatic playing of media in WECHAT is notallowed.

For example, when running a software program and/or a module at a kernellayer, the processor 130 in the mobile phone detects whether the mobilephone is currently in the media do-not-disturb mode.

In an example, the user may enable setting options on the mobile phone,and start the media do-not-disturb mode in the setting options.

For example, FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C are schematic diagrams of screens of thesetting options on the mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 5A, a“do-not-disturb” option 501 is displayed in the setting options of themobile phone 500. After the user activates the “do-not-disturb” option501, a “do-not-disturb” setting screen 502 is displayed. Refer to FIG.5B.

As shown in FIG. 5B, an on-off control 503 of a “media do-not-disturbmode” is displayed on the “do-not-disturb” setting screen 502. Themobile phone 500 disables the media do-not-disturb mode by default; inother words, a slider in the on-off control 503 is on the left. Afterthe user triggers the on-off control 503, the slider in the on-offcontrol 503 moves rightward, and a color is displayed on the left sideof the on-off control 503, that is, the mobile phone 500 enables themedia do-not-disturb mode. The do-not-disturb mode takes effect onapplications that have a media playing function and that are installedon the mobile phone. These applications may be selected by the user or,alternatively, may be obtained by the mobile phone based on functionclassification of applications.

In an embodiment, after the user triggers the on-off control 503 of themedia do-not-disturb mode, a display screen of the mobile phone 500 mayfurther display an interface shown in FIG. 5C. In FIG. 5C, the mobilephone 500 displays icons of apps (apps having a media automatic playingfunction) installed on the mobile phone 500, and the user may select anapp for which the media do-not-disturb mode is enabled. For example,when the user selects WECHAT, the user may trigger an on-off control 504of WECHAT, in other words, the on-off control 504 of WECHAT is in an onstate. When the mobile phone 500 runs WECHAT, WECHAT is in the mediado-not-disturb mode. For another example, if the user does not select abrowser, when the mobile phone 500 runs the browser, media may beautomatically played.

In this embodiment, there may be a plurality of apps having the mediaautomatic playing function, for example, WECHAT, the browser, TIKTOK,microblog, FACEBOOK, and TWITTER.

Certainly, the user may also enable the media do-not-disturb mode of themobile phone in another manner, and this is not limited in thisembodiment. For example, a shortcut icon for setting the mediado-not-disturb mode may be displayed on the display screen of the mobilephone. When the user triggers the shortcut icon, the mobile phoneenables the media do-not-disturb mode.

In an example, after detecting an operation of enabling the mediado-not-disturb mode, the mobile phone determines that the mobile phoneis in the media do-not-disturb mode.

In another example, the mobile phone may detect a status of the on-offcontrol corresponding to the media do-not-disturb mode in the settingoptions, and if the on-off control is in an enabled state, the mobilephone determines that the mobile phone is in the media do-not-disturbmode.

In this embodiment, the mobile phone may store a media do-not-disturblist. When detecting that the user enables the media do-not-disturb modefor some apps, the mobile phone adds app package names of these apps tothe media do-not-disturb list. After detecting an operation of startingan app, the mobile phone may determine whether an app package name ofthe app exists in the media do-not-disturb list. If the app package nameof the app exists in the media do-not-disturb list, when running theapp, the mobile phone performs processing by using the do-not-disturbmethod provided in this application, to reduce a case in which the appautomatically plays media. If the app package name of the app does notexist in the media do-not-disturb list, when running the app, the mobilephone performs processing in a mode in the prior art, namely a mediaautomatic playing mode.

S402: The mobile phone obtains an input event.

For example, when running the software program and/or the module in theIMS at the framework layer, the processor 130 in the mobile phone readsan original input event from the kernel layer, and then processes theread original input event to obtain an input event that includes moreinformation, to obtain the input event.

It can be learned from the foregoing content that the user may triggeran input operation by using an input device such as a touchscreen, amicrophone, or a headset, to generate a corresponding hardwareinterrupt. The kernel layer of the operating system processes the inputoperation into the original input event for storage. The framework layerreads the original input event, processes the original input event intothe input event that includes more information, and distributes theinput event to an interested application. There may be a plurality ofinput operations. Using the touchscreen as an example, the inputoperation may be a tap or slide operation performed by the user on thetouchscreen. Using the microphone as an example, the input operation maybe voice input of a “play” instruction that is input by the user byusing the microphone. Using the headset as an example, the inputoperation may be an operation triggered by using the headset, such asplay, pause, volume increase, or volume decrease. In other words, aninput event corresponding to the input operation that may trigger aplayback activity is an input event that may trigger the playbackactivity.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, unless otherwise specified,the “input event” is the input event that is obtained by processing theoriginal input event and that includes more information.

S403: The mobile phone identifies a first input event in the obtainedinput events.

For example, when running the software program and/or the module in theIMS at the framework layer, the processor 130 in the mobile phone maycontinue to identify the obtained input events after obtaining the inputevents. Alternatively, a first algorithm module that is different fromthe IMS is disposed in the mobile phone to identify the obtained inputevents. In this case, the processor 130 in the mobile phone runs asoftware program and/or a module corresponding to the first algorithmmodule, to perform the following operations: The first algorithm moduleobtains the input events from the IMS, and then identifies the obtainedinput events. To reduce power consumption, when the mobile phone is notin the media do-not-disturb mode, the first algorithm module may not berun. After detecting that the mobile phone is currently in the mediado-not-disturb mode, the mobile phone starts to run the first algorithmmodule.

In an example, each time after obtaining an input event, the firstalgorithm module may identify whether the input event is the first inputevent, or may identify, after obtaining a plurality of input events,whether the plurality of input events include the first input event.

The first input event is an input event corresponding to a playingoperation of the user. A response of an application to an input event isgenerally determined by the application (especially a third-partyapplication other than a system application). In other words, theapplication usually determines which operations of the user are playingoperations. Therefore, in the prior art, it is generally difficult forthe framework layer to determine, by using one input event, whether theinput event corresponds to the playing operation of the user, in otherwords, determine whether the application responds to the input event toplay media. Therefore, in this embodiment, some input events thatusually correspond to the playing operation of the user are determinedas first input events, for example, an input event corresponding to thevoice input of the “play” instruction that is input by using themicrophone, an input event that corresponds to a play instruction andthat is triggered by using the headset, and an input event correspondingto a touch operation (for example, a tap operation on the touchscreen)triggered by using the touchscreen. A preset event list may include atleast one first input event. The preset event list may be a list that isobtained by a mobile phone manufacturer based on an experiment orexperience and then stored in the mobile phone at delivery of the mobilephone. Certainly, the preset event list may alternatively be auser-defined list that can be updated. For example, the user may add, tothe preset event list, an input event that corresponds to a playingoperation and that is frequently used by the user.

For example, after being run, the first algorithm module may identify,by comparing the obtained input events with the preset event list,whether the first input event exists in the obtained input events. If aninput event obtained by the first algorithm module matches the presetevent list, in other words, the input event obtained by the firstalgorithm module exists in the preset event list, the first algorithmmodule identifies that the input event is the first input event.

Certainly, there may be two cases in which the first algorithm moduleidentifies the first input event in the obtained input events. In afirst case, the mobile phone does not identify the first input event; inother words, a quantity of the first input event is zero. In a secondcase, the mobile phone identifies the first input event; in other words,the quantity of the first input event is not zero. In the first case,because the first input event does not exist, if an application that hasthe media automatic playing function in the mobile phone creates aplayer in a running process, it is determined that the activity is anautomatic playback activity, and playing of media may be directlypaused. In the second case, S404 to S410 may continue to be performed.

S404: The mobile phone records first information of the first inputevent. The first information includes an app package name and a processID of an app to which the input event is distributed, a distributiontime point, and the like.

For example, when running the software program and/or the module in theIMS at the framework layer, the processor 130 in the mobile phone mayrecord the app package name and the process ID of the app to which thefirst input event is distributed, the distribution time point, and thelike.

In an example, the mobile phone may record the first information in aform of a table. Refer to Table 1.

TABLE 1 App package name of the app to which the first ProcessDistribution First input event input event is distributed ID time pointTap event on the app 1 ID 1 10:10:10 touchscreen Language informationapp 2 ID 2 10:20:20 containing a keyword “play”

S405: The mobile phone creates a player in a running process.

In this embodiment, when a media playing condition is met, the mobilephone creates the player. There may be a plurality of conditions. Forexample, when the mobile phone runs a video playing app, and a videoplaying window on a display interface of the app is partially orcompletely displayed, the mobile phone creates a player to play media.Alternatively, when the mobile phone receives an SMS message or anincoming call from another mobile phone, the mobile phone also creates aplayer to play an incoming call ringtone or an SMS ringtone.Alternatively, when the user browses an app interface or a web page, andan advertisement playing window or the like is popped up, the mobilephone also creates a player. In an actual process, there may be anotherreason for creating a player. This is not specifically limited in thisembodiment.

For example, the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes the mediaplayer interface at the framework layer, and runs the media playerinterface to complete player creation. Certainly, the mobile phone mayalternatively create the player in another manner. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment.

S406: The mobile phone records second information. The secondinformation includes an app package name and a process ID of an app onwhich the player is created, a creation time point, and the like.

For example, the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes the mediaplayer interface at the framework layer, and runs the media playerinterface to complete player creation. In this case, the media playeralso needs to record related information, namely, the secondinformation, about creating the player. Then, the processor 130 in themobile phone continues to invoke the playback activity monitor interfaceat the framework layer, and the processor 130 sends the secondinformation in the media player to the playback activity monitor.

S407: The mobile phone determines whether a second input event exists inthe first input event, where a distribution time point of the secondinput event is earlier than the creation time point, and a timedifference between the distribution time point and the creation timepoint is less than a preset duration; if the second input event existsin the first input event, S408 is performed; or if the second inputevent does not exist in the first input event, S410 is performed.

In other words, the second input event is one or more of the first inputevents identified in S402 to S404.

It can be learned from the foregoing content that the playback activitymonitor stores the related information, namely, the second information,about creating the player, and the IMS stores the first information ofthe first input event. Therefore, when running the playback activitymonitor at the framework layer, the processor 130 in the mobile phonesends the first information stored in the IMS to the playback activitymonitor, and implements, by using the playback activity monitor, aprocess of determining whether the second input event exists in thefirst input event.

In an example, after determining the creation time point for creatingthe player, the mobile phone may search the table 1 for the second inputevent based on the creation time point. Certainly, there may be twocases in which the mobile phone searches the table 1 for the secondinput event. In a first case, the second input event is not found. In asecond case, the second input event is found. In the first case, becausea quantity of the second input event is zero, if an application that hasthe media automatic playing function in the mobile phone creates aplayer in a running process, it is determined that the activity is anautomatic playback activity. In the second case, S408 to S410 maycontinue to be performed.

In this embodiment, a specific value of the preset duration may bedetermined based on an actual situation, for example, may be determinedbased on an operation rate of the terminal. When the operation rate isrelatively high, the preset duration may be set to be relatively short.When the operation rate is relatively low, the preset duration may beset to be relatively long.

S408: The mobile phone determines whether an app package name of an appto which the second input event is distributed is the same as the apppackage name in the second information, and/or determines whether aprocess ID of an app to which the second input event is distributed isthe same as the process ID in the second information; if the two apppackage names are the same, and/or the two process IDs are the same,S409 is performed; or if the two app package names are not the same,and/or the two process IDs are not the same, S410 is performed.

For example, the processor 130 in the mobile phone performs S408 byusing the playback activity monitor at the framework layer.Alternatively, a second algorithm module different from the playbackactivity monitor is disposed in the mobile phone to perform S408. Inthis case, when running the software program and/or the modulecorresponding to the first algorithm module, the processor 130 in themobile phone obtains the second information from the playback activitymonitor, obtains the first information from the IMS, and then performsS408. To reduce power consumption, the second algorithm module is in anon-running state by default. When the mobile phone detects that themobile phone is in the media do-not-disturb mode, the mobile phonestarts to run the second algorithm module.

It can be learned from the foregoing content that one app corresponds toone or more processes. Therefore, the following provides descriptions intwo cases. In a first case, one app corresponds to one process. In asecond case, one app corresponds to a plurality of processes.

In the first case, because one app corresponds to one process, themobile phone only needs to determine whether the package name of the appto which the second input event is distributed is the same as the apppackage name in the second information, or the mobile phone only needsto determine whether the process ID of the app to which the second inputevent is distributed is the same as the process ID in the secondinformation.

In the second case, because one app corresponds to a plurality ofprocesses, after determining whether the package name of the app towhich the second input event is distributed is the same as the apppackage name in the second information, the mobile phone may furtherdetermine whether the process ID of the app to which the second inputevent is distributed is the same as the process ID in the secondinformation. In this manner, it may be relatively accurately locatedthat it is a same process in which the app on which the player iscreated and the app to which the second input event is distributed arethe same app.

S409: The mobile phone plays media.

For example, the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes the mediaplayer start interface (not shown in FIG. 3) at the framework layer, andtriggers, by using the media player start interface, the display unit160 to display a video included in the media, and/or triggers theloudspeaker 172 to play an audio included in the media, to implementmedia playing.

Certainly, to improve accuracy, before playing the media, the mobilephone may further output first prompt information. The first promptinformation is used to prompt the user whether to confirm playing themedia. In this manner, it may be further determined that a mediaplayback activity is actively triggered by the user, to improveaccuracy.

For example, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the first promptinformation displayed by the mobile phone in this embodiment. In FIG. 6,the terminal is a mobile phone as an example, and WECHAT in the mobilephone is used as an example. As shown in FIG. 6, a display interface ofWECHAT Moments displayed on the mobile phone includes an advertisementplaying window 601, prompt information 602, an “OK” control 603, and a“cancel” control 604. The prompt information 602 is “Reminder: whetherto confirm advertisement playing”. When the user triggers the “OK”control 603, an advertisement is played in the advertisement playingwindow 601. When the user triggers the “cancel” control 604, the mobilephone pauses or stops playing the advertisement.

In this embodiment, 5402 to 5404 are used to determine whether the firstinput event exists in the obtained input events, and when the firstinput event exists, obtain the first information in the obtained inputevents. 5402 to 5404 may be sequentially performed. 5405 and 5406 areused to determine whether the mobile phone creates a player, and whenthe mobile phone creates the player, obtain the second information aboutcreating the player.

S405 is performed before S406. S402 to S404 may be sequentially orsimultaneously performed with S405 and S406. S404 and S406 are performedbefore S407 and S408.

It may be understood that S402 to S408 are merely examples of oneimplementation, and an objective of S402 to S408 is to determine whetheran input event in the obtained input events causes creation of a player.Considering that after the user performs a playing operation on aninterface of an application, an input event corresponding to the playingoperation is distributed to the application, and the applicationtriggers creation of a player in response to the input event, whether aninput event meets the following conditions may be determined bydetermining whether an input event in the obtained input events causesthe creation of the player: (1) the input event is the first inputevent; (2) a distribution time point of the input event is earlier thana creation time point of the player, and a time difference between thetwo is less than preset duration (for example, whether a second inputevent exists is determined in S407); and (3) an app to which the inputevent is distributed is the same as an app on which the player iscreated (for example, in S408, the app package name and/or the processID of the app to which the second input event is distributed are/iscompared with the app package name and/or the process ID of the app onwhich the player is created).

When a target input event that meets the foregoing three conditions isfound from the obtained input events, it may be considered that thetarget event causes the app to create a player, and then S409 isperformed. If one of the three conditions is not met, it is consideredthat the creation of the player is not caused by the playing operationof the user, it may be caused by application automatic playing, or byanother reason, and then S410 is performed.

It may be understood that, in addition to S402 to S408, other sequencesor specific steps may be used to achieve the objective of the foregoingdetermining This is not limited in this embodiment.

S410: The mobile phone pauses playing the media.

For example, the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes the mediaplayer pause interface (not shown in FIG. 3) at the framework layer, topause playing the media. Alternatively, the media player stop interface(not shown in FIG. 3) at the framework layer is invoked to stop playingthe media.

In an actual operation process, the media may include an image and/or asound. Therefore, when pausing playing the media, the mobile phone maychoose to pause playing the image and/or the sound. For example, whenonly pausing playing the sound, the mobile phone may mute theloudspeaker or set the volume of the loudspeaker to 0.

Certainly, the mobile phone may further display, by using the displayscreen, that the media is in a paused state or a stopped state, toprompt the user that the playing of the media is paused or stopped.

In an example, the mobile phone may display a pause control or a stopcontrol.

Refer to FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, the terminal is a mobile phone as anexample, and WECHAT in the mobile phone is used as an example. As shownin FIG. 7, WECHAT Moments displayed on the display screen of the mobilephone includes an advertisement playing window 701, and theadvertisement playing window 701 includes a pause control 702.

In another example, the mobile phone may display a black screen state ina media playing window on the display screen.

In this manner, the mobile phone displays the black screen state in themedia playing window, to prompt the user that the playing of the mediais paused or stopped. Therefore, the mobile phone may not obtain themedia (for example, the media is a video that may be a network video ora local video). In this manner, computing time and resources of themobile phone can be saved, and efficiency can be improved.

Certainly, the mobile phone may also display information such as animage or a text in the media playing window on the display screen.

In this embodiment, to beautify the media playing window, the mobilephone may obtain a frame of an image, and then display the obtainedframe of an image in the media playing window. The mobile phone displaysthe pause control on the image, so that the user knows that the media iscurrently in a pause playing state.

The frame of an image obtained by the mobile phone may be a frame of animage in the media. For example, the media is a video, and the mobilephone may obtain a frame of an image in the video (a network video or alocal video). For example, a first frame of an image of the video may beobtained. Alternatively, the frame of an image obtained by the mobilephone may be a frame of an image defined by the mobile phone. Forexample, the mobile phone may obtain, from a network or locally, a frameof an image irrelevant to the media.

Certainly, the mobile phone may directly pause playing the media, or mayoutput second prompt information to prompt the user whether toautomatically play the media.

For example, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the second promptinformation displayed by the mobile phone in this embodiment. In FIG. 8,the terminal is a mobile phone as an example, and WECHAT in the mobilephone is used as an example. As shown in FIG. 8, a display interface ofWECHAT Moments displayed on the mobile phone includes an advertisementplaying window 801, prompt information 802, an “OK” control 803, and a“cancel” control 804. The prompt information 802 is “Reminder: whetherto play an advertisement”. When the user triggers the “OK” control 803,an advertisement is played in the advertisement playing window 801. Whenthe user triggers the “cancel” control 804, the mobile phone pauses orstops playing the advertisement.

It can be known from the foregoing content, when receiving informationor an incoming call from another terminal, the mobile phone may alsocreate a player to play a system notification tone (an SMS ringtone oran incoming call ringtone).

In this case, because a time point at which the mobile phone receivesinformation or an incoming call from another terminal is uncertain, andduration in which the user operates an SMS application and a phoneapplication in the mobile phone is relatively short, there is arelatively high probability that a determining result in 5408 is thatthe two app package names are not the same, and/or the two process IDsare not the same, and there is a relatively high probability that themobile phone does not play the system notification tone. In this manner,when the mobile phone is in the media do-not-disturb mode, an incomingcall ringtone, an SMS ringtone, or the like may not be played.

In an example, when the determining result in S408 is that the two apppackage names are not the same, and/or the two process IDs are not thesame, the mobile phone may further determine, by determining playingduration of the media, whether to play the media. Generally, the SMSringtone is a file locally stored in the mobile phone, and hasrelatively short playing duration. The mobile phone can record theplaying duration of the SMS ringtone. When the mobile phone receives anSMS message from another mobile phone, after creating a player, themobile phone determines whether playing duration of an SMS ringtone tobe played by the player is less than preset duration. If the playingduration of the SMS ringtone to be played by the player is less than thepreset duration, it is determined that the SMS ringtone to be played bythe player is an SMS ringtone, and the SMS ringtone is played. If theplaying duration of the SMS ringtone to be played by the player isgreater than the preset duration, the playing of the SM ringtone ispaused. In this manner, even if the mobile phone is in the mediado-not-disturb mode, when the mobile phone receives information sent byanother mobile phone, for example, an SMS message, a WECHAT message, ora QQ message, the mobile phone may prompt the user in time that amessage is received.

It can be learned from the foregoing description that according to thedo-not-disturb method provided in this embodiment, the terminal canavoid automatic playing of media, save data traffic, reduce powerconsumption, and improve user experience.

In the do-not-disturb method provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4Aand FIG. 4B, after the mobile phone pauses media playing, in otherwords, after S410, the user may trigger media playing. For example, theuser may trigger displaying of the pause control in the media playingwindow to play media. When the mobile phone is running, a player may becreated for a plurality of times. For example, in a process of browsingan app interface or a web page, to browse more content, the user usuallyslides up the app interface or the web page. In the process of slidingup, a new media playing window may continuously appear on the appinterface or the web page. Each time a media playing window appears, aplayer is created. Alternatively, the mobile phone may continuouslycreate a player when continuously receiving an SMS message or anincoming call sent by another mobile phone. Each time the mobile phonecreates a player, the do-not-disturb procedure shown in FIG. 4A and FIG.4B may be performed once.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, that the mobile phoneidentifies the first input event (S403 and S404) and that the mobilephone creates the player (S405 and S406) may be two independentprocesses, and there is no limitation on a sequence between the twoprocesses. For example, the mobile phone may first create a player, andthen determine whether a first input event that matches the event ofcreating the player exists.

Alternatively, the mobile phone may first identify the first inputevent, and then determine whether an event of creating the player thatmatches the first input event exists. Certainly, S402 to S404 may becontinuously performed. To be specific, as long as the mobile phone isin the media do-not-disturb mode, the mobile phone continuously obtainsinput events, identifies the first input event, and records adistribution process of the first input event. Once the mobile phonecreates a player, S405 to S410 are performed.

If the mobile phone creates the player but does not identify the firstinput event from the obtained input events (in other words, 5404 is notperformed), because the first input event does not exist, the mobilephone does not need to perform S407 to S410, and directly pauses mediaplaying. Certainly, in this case, the mobile phone may also continue toperform S407 to S410. However, because the quantity of the first inputevent is zero, an execution result is still that the mobile phone pausesmedia playing.

If the first input event is identified, but the mobile phone does notcreate a player (in other words, S405 and S406 are not performed), themobile phone does not play media. Therefore, the mobile phone may notneed to perform S407 to S410.

Generally, the mobile phone performs at least two processes in a processof creating a player. In a first process, the mobile phone receivesrequest information for creating the player, and then prepares forcreating the player based on the request information. In a secondprocess, the mobile phone creates the player. A video is used as anexample. In the first process, when a player needs to be created on anapp in the mobile phone, the app generates request information. Therequest information includes an app package name, a video address (astreaming media address or a local video address), a video size, or thelike. The mobile phone sets a video tag based on the requestinformation, and the set video tag includes the app package name, thevideo address, or the video size. After completing these preparationworks, the mobile phone creates the player based on the video tag, inother words, performs the foregoing second process.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B occurs in or after thesecond process, in other words, the mobile phone has created the player.For a specific procedure, refer to the foregoing description of theembodiment shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B. The following describes anotherembodiment. This embodiment occurs in the first process or occurs afterthe first process and before the second process. Specifically, the appin the mobile phone generates, in a running process, the requestinformation used to request to create the player. The mobile phonedetermines whether generation of the request information is triggered byan input event in the obtained input events. If the generation of therequest information is triggered by an input event in the obtained inputevents, the mobile phone creates the player to play media. If thegeneration of the request information is not triggered by an input eventin the obtained input events, the mobile phone does not create theplayer. Refer to FIG. 9A and FIG. 9B.

For S901 to S904, refer to S401 to S404 in the embodiment shown in FIG.2. A difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B lies inS905 to S908.

S905: An app in the mobile phone generates, in a running process,request information used to request to create a player, where therequest information includes an app package name and a process ID of anapp on which the player is created, a generation time point of therequest information, and the like.

In this embodiment, in the running process of the app in the mobilephone, if there is a requirement for media playing, the requestinformation used to request to create the player may be generated. Forexample, when a media playing condition is met, the app generates therequest information for creating the player. For the media playingcondition, refer to the foregoing content.

For example, when running a software program/a mode of the app, theprocessor 130 in the mobile phone generates the request information whenthe app has the requirement of media playing. The app sends the requestinformation to the framework layer. When receiving the requestinformation, the framework layer creates the player based on the requestinformation. For example, the app sends the request information to anAPI interface at the framework layer. After the API interface sets avideo tag based on the request information, the API interface invokesthe media player interface, and sends the video tag to the media player.The media player creates the player based on the tag.

S906: The mobile phone determines whether a second input event exists inthe first input event, where a distribution time point of the secondinput event is earlier than the generation time point of the requestinformation, and a time difference between the distribution time pointand the generation time point is less than preset duration; if thesecond input event exists in the first input event, S907 is performed;or if the second input event does not exist in the first input event,the player is not created.

For a description of S906, refer to S407 in the embodiment shown in FIG.4A and FIG. 4B.

S907: The mobile phone determines whether the app package name in thefirst information is the same as the app package name in the requestinformation, and/or determines whether the process ID in the firstinformation is the same as the process ID in the request information,and if the package names are the same, and/or the process IDs are thesame, S908 is performed, or if the package names are not the same,and/or the process IDs are not the same, the player is not created.

For a description of S906, refer to S408 in the embodiment shown in FIG.4A and FIG. 4B.

S908: The mobile phone creates the player to play media.

If the mobile phone determines that the generation of the requestinformation is triggered by an input event in the obtained input events,the mobile phone may create the player to play the media. For example,the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes the media player interfaceat the framework layer, and runs the media player interface to completeplayer creation. Then, the processor 130 in the mobile phone invokes themedia player start interface at the framework layer, and triggers, byusing the media player start interface, the display unit 160 to displaya video included in the media, and/or triggers the loudspeaker 172 toplay an audio included in the media, to implement media playing.

If the display screen of the mobile phone displays an interface of anapplication, and all or some parts of a media playing window in theinterface is displayed, the application generates request informationused to create a player. If the mobile phone determines that generationof the request information is not triggered by an input event in theobtained input events, the player may not be created. In this case, themobile phone may display a black screen in the media playing window. Ifthe user wants to play media, the user may trigger, by triggering acontrol in the media playing window, the mobile phone to create a playerto play the corresponding media.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B or in FIG. 9A and FIG.9B, the user actively sets the mobile phone to be in the mediado-not-disturb mode. However, in an actual application, the user mayforget to set the media do-not-disturb mode, and directly open an appthat has a media automatic playing function, such as WECHAT Moments orTIKTOK. For example, in a conference, if the user forgets to set themedia do-not-disturb mode and directly starts an app, if the appautomatically plays media, unnecessary troubles may be caused to theuser. Therefore, in this embodiment, if the user does not set the mediado-not-disturb mode, the mobile phone may actively prompt the userwhether the media do-not-disturb mode needs to be set.

In a possible implementation, the mobile phone determines, based on acurrent scene mode of the mobile phone, whether to output third promptinformation. The third prompt information is used to prompt the user toset the media do-not-disturb mode.

For example, the mobile phone determines that the mobile phone iscurrently in a mute mode, a conference mode, or the like. If the mobilephone detects that the user starts an app (an app having a mediaautomatic playing function), the mobile phone may display the thirdprompt information. The third prompt information is used to prompt theuser that the mobile phone is currently in the mute mode and whether toset the media do-not-disturb mode.

Certainly, the mobile phone may display the third prompt informationwhile detecting that the user starts the app, or may display the thirdprompt information when the user starts the app and a media playingwindow appears on a display interface of the app. This is not limited inthis embodiment.

For example, FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of displaying the thirdprompt information by the mobile phone. In FIG. 10, for example, themobile phone displays the third prompt information in response to anoperation that is triggered by the user and that is used to startWECHAT.

In FIG. 10, prompt information 1001 is displayed on the display screenof the mobile phone, and specifically is “The mobile phone is currentlyin the mute mode. Please determine whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode”. In FIG. 10, two controls are further displayed. Ifthe user triggers a “cancel” control 1003, the mobile phone hides theprompt information and displays an app interface. If the user triggersan “OK” control 1002, the mobile phone automatically enables the mediado-not-disturb mode. Alternatively, after the user triggers the “OK”control 1002, the display screen of the mobile phone jumps to a displayinterface for setting an app (for example, jumps to FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B),and then the user manually enables the media do-not-disturb mode.

In another possible implementation manner, the mobile phone maydetermine, according to a set schedule, whether to output the thirdprompt information. The third prompt information is used to prompt theuser to set the media do-not-disturb mode.

For example, a schedule set by the user is: 10:00-12:00: conference.When detecting that a current system time is 10:00, the mobile phone maydisplay the third prompt information, to prompt the user whether to setthe media do-not-disturb mode. Alternatively, when the system time isbetween 10:00 and 12:00 (not including 10:00 and 12:00), the mobilephone displays the third prompt information while detecting an operationof starting an app (an app having a media automatic playing function) bythe user. Alternatively, when the system time is between 10:00 and 12:00(not including 10:00 and 12:00), the third prompt information isdisplayed when the media playing window appears on the display interfaceof the app displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone.

For example, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of displaying the thirdprompt information by the mobile phone. In FIG. 11, for example, themobile phone displays the third prompt information in response to anoperation that is triggered by the user and that is used to startWECHAT.

In FIG. 11, prompt information 1101 is displayed on the display screenof the mobile phone, and specifically is “A schedule in a current timeperiod is a conference. Please determine whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode”. In FIG. 11, two controls are further displayed. Ifthe user triggers a “cancel” control 1103, the mobile phone hides theprompt information and displays an app interface. If the user triggersan “OK” control 1102, the mobile phone automatically enables the mediado-not-disturb mode. Alternatively, after the user triggers the “OK”control 1102, the display screen of the mobile phone jumps to a displayinterface for setting an app (for example, jumps to FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B),and then the user manually enables the media do-not-disturb mode.

In still another possible implementation, the mobile phone maydetermine, based on whether data traffic is in an enabled state, whetherto output the third prompt information, where the third promptinformation is used to prompt the user to set the media do-not-disturbmode.

For example, when the mobile phone detects an operation of starting anapp (an app having a media automatic playing function) by the user, orwhen a media playing window appears on a display interface of the appdisplayed on the display screen of the mobile phone, if the mobile phonedetects that the data traffic is currently in the enabled state, themobile phone displays the third prompt information, to prompt the userto set the media do-not-disturb mode. This manner helps reduce datatraffic waste.

For example, FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of displaying the thirdprompt information by the mobile phone. In FIG. 12, in response to anoperation that is triggered by the user and that is used to startWECHAT, prompt information 1201 is displayed on the display screen ofthe mobile phone, and specifically is “Data traffic is turned on. Pleasedetermine whether to set the media do-not-disturb mode”. If the usertriggers a “cancel” control 1203, the mobile phone hides the promptinformation and displays an app interface. If the user triggers an “OK”control 1202, the mobile phone automatically enables the mediado-not-disturb mode. Alternatively, after the user triggers the “OK”control 1202, the display screen of the mobile phone jumps to a displayinterface for setting an app (for example, jumps to FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B),and then the user manually enables the media do-not-disturb mode.

In still another possible implementation, the mobile phone maydetermine, based on whether the mobile phone is currently in a wirelessconnection state, whether to output the third prompt information, wherethe third prompt information is used to prompt the user to disable themedia do-not-disturb mode. It should be noted that, in this embodiment,that the mobile phone is in the wireless connection state means that themobile phone is in a Wi-Fi connection state, or the mobile phoneaccesses another free network.

For example, when the mobile phone detects an operation of starting anapp (an app having a media automatic playing function) by the user, orwhen a media playing window appears on a display interface of the appdisplayed on the display screen of the mobile phone, if the mobile phonedetects that the mobile phone is currently in the wireless connectionstate and is currently in the media do-not-disturb mode, the thirdprompt information is displayed to prompt the user to disable the mediado-not-disturb mode.

For example, FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of displaying the thirdprompt information by the mobile phone. In FIG. 13, in response to anoperation that is triggered by the user and that is used to startWECHAT, prompt information 1301 is displayed on the display screen ofthe mobile phone, and specifically is “The mobile phone is currently ina wireless connection state. Please determine whether to disable themedia do-not-disturb mode”.

The implementations provided herein may be randomly combined to achievedifferent technical effects.

In the foregoing embodiment provided herein, the method provided in saidembodiment is described from a perspective in which the terminal is usedas an execution body. To implement functions in the method provided inthe foregoing embodiment, the terminal may include a hardware structureand/or a software module, and implement the functions in a form of thehardware structure, the software module, or a combination of thehardware structure and the software module. Whether a function in thefunctions is executed by using the hardware structure, the softwaremodule, or the combination of the hardware structure and the softwaremodule depends on a specific application and a design constraintcondition of the technical solution.

Based on a same concept, FIG. 14 shows a terminal 1400 according to thisapplication. As shown in FIG. 14, the terminal 1400 includes a displayunit 1401, a processing unit 1402, and a play control unit 1403.

The display unit 1401 is configured to display an interface of a firstapplication on the terminal 1400.

The processing unit 1402 is configured to, when the interface of thefirst application includes a media playing window, and the firstapplication is in a media do-not-disturb mode, determine whether playingof first media in the window is triggered by a playing operation of auser.

The play control unit 1403 is configured to play the corresponding mediawhen the processing unit 1402 determines that the playing of the firstmedia in the window is triggered by the playing operation of the user.

The play control unit 1403 is configured to pause or stop playing thecorresponding media when the processing unit 1402 determines that theplaying of the first media in the window is not triggered by the playingoperation of the user.

Optionally, the processing unit 1402 is further configured to, when theinterface of the first application includes the media playing window,create a player to play the first media, and determine a creation timepoint of the player. When determining whether the playing of thecorresponding media in the window is triggered by the playing operationof the user, the processing unit 1402 is specifically configured to:determine whether a target input event exists in obtained input events,where the target input event is an input event corresponding to theplaying operation of the user, a distribution time point of the targetinput event is earlier than the creation time point of the player, atime difference between the distribution time point of the target inputevent and the creation time point of the player is less than firstpreset duration, and the target input event is distributed to the firstapplication; if the target input event exists, determine that theplaying of the first media in the window is triggered by the playingoperation of the user; and if the target input event does not exist,determine that the playing of the first media in the window is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user.

Optionally, a package name of an application to which the target inputevent is distributed is the same as a package name of the firstapplication; and/or a process ID of an application to which the targetinput event is distributed is the same as a process ID of the firstapplication.

Optionally, the play control unit 1403 is further configured to pause orstop playing the first media when the processing unit 1402 determinesthat the playing of the first media in the window is not triggered bythe playing operation of the user, and determines that total duration ofthe first media is greater than second duration.

Optionally, the display unit 1401 is further configured to display afirst control in the media playing window or in a pop-up window when theprocessing unit 1402 determines that the playing of the first media inthe window is not triggered by the playing operation of the user, wherethe first control is used to trigger the playing of the first media.

The play control unit 1403 is further configured to play the first mediawhen the processing unit 1402 detects that the first control istriggered.

Optionally, first prompt information in a form of text or icon isdisplayed in the media playing window or in the pop-up window, to promptthat automatic playing is not allowed or prompt the user whether to playthe first media.

Optionally, the display unit 1401 is further configured to: when theprocessing unit 1402 responds to an operation of the user, or when it isdetected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal is in aconference mode or a mute mode, display a first interface for settingthe media do-not-disturb mode, where the first interface includes acontrol for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode.

The processing unit 1402 is further configured to, in response to anoperation of activating, by the user, the control for setting whether toenable the media do-not-disturb mode, enable the media do-not-disturbmode for all or some applications on the terminal.

Optionally, that the processing unit 1402 is configured to, in responseto the operation of activating, by the user, the control for settingwhether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, enable the mediado-not-disturb mode for all or some applications on the terminalspecifically includes: the display unit is configured to, when theprocessing unit 1402 responds to the operation of activating, by theuser, the control for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturbmode, display a second interface for setting the media do-not-disturbmode, where the second interface includes identifiers of M applicationsand M controls for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturbmode, the M controls respectively correspond to the M applications, andM is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the processing unit 1402is configured to, by respectively responding to operations ofactivating, by the user, N controls in the M controls, enable the mediado-not-disturb mode for N applications corresponding to the N controls,where N is an integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, the display unit 1401 is further configured to, when theprocessing unit 1402 is further configured to respond to an operation ofthe user, or when it is detected that data traffic is turned on, or whenthe terminal is in a conference mode or a mute mode, display a secondinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the secondinterface includes identifiers of M applications and M controls forsetting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controlsrespectively correspond to the M applications, and M is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the display unit 1401 is further configured to, when theprocessing unit 1402 detects that the terminal accesses a wirelessnetwork, prompt the user to disable the media do-not-disturb mode, ordisplay the first interface.

Optionally, the terminal includes a display screen and a memory. Thememory stores a software program and/or a module of the firstapplication, and a software program and/or a module at a frameworklayer. The display screen displays the interface of the firstapplication. The framework layer determines whether playing of firstmedia in the window is triggered by a playing operation of a user. Theframework layer plays the corresponding media if the playing of thefirst media in the window is triggered by the playing operation of theuser. The framework layer pauses or stops playing the correspondingmedia if the playing of the first media in the window is not triggeredby the playing operation of the user.

Optionally, when the interface of the first application includes themedia playing window, the method further includes: the framework layercreates a player to play the first media. The framework layer determinesa creation time point of the player. Determination, by the frameworklayer, of whether the playing of the first media in the window istriggered by the playing operation of the user includes: the frameworklayer determines whether a target input event exists in obtained inputevents, where the target input event is an input event corresponding tothe playing operation of the user, a distribution time point of thetarget input event is earlier than the creation time point of theplayer, a time difference between the distribution time point of thetarget input event and the creation time point of the player is lessthan first preset duration, and the target input event is distributed tothe first application; if the target input event exists, the frameworklayer determines that the playing of the first media in the window istriggered by the playing operation of the user; and if the target inputevent does not exist, the framework layer determines that the playing ofthe first media in the window is not triggered by the playing operationof the user.

Based on a same concept, FIG. 15 shows a terminal 1500 according to thisapplication. As shown in FIG. 15, the terminal 1500 includes a displayunit 1501, a processing unit 1502, a creation unit 1503, and a playingunit 1504.

The display unit 1501 is configured to display an interface of a firstapplication.

The processing unit 1502 is configured to, when the interface of thefirst application includes a media playing window, obtain requestinformation that is generated by the first application and that is usedto create a player; and if the first application is in a mediado-not-disturb mode, determine whether generation of the requestinformation is triggered by a playing operation of a user.

The creation unit 1503 is configured to create a player when theprocessing unit 1502 determines whether the generation of the requestinformation is triggered by the playing operation of the user.

The playing unit 1504 is configured to play corresponding media.

Optionally, the request information includes a generation time point atwhich the first application generates the request information. Whendetermining whether the generation of the request information istriggered by the playing operation of the user, the processing unit 1502is specifically configured to: determine whether a target input eventexists in obtained input events, where the target input event is aninput event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thegeneration time point of the request information, a time differencebetween the distribution time point of the target input event and thegeneration time point is less than first preset duration, and the targetinput event is distributed to the first application; if the target inputevent exists, determine that the generation of the request informationis triggered by the playing operation of the user; and if the targetinput event does not exist, determine that the generation of the requestinformation is not triggered by the playing operation of the user.

Optionally, a package name of an application to which the target inputevent is distributed is the same as a package name of the firstapplication; and/or a process ID of an application to which the targetinput event is distributed is the same as a process ID of the firstapplication.

Optionally, the display unit 1501 is further configured to display afirst control in the media playing window or in a pop-up window generatewhen the processing unit 1502 determines that the generation of therequest information is not triggered by the playing operation of theuser, where the first control is used to trigger creation of the playerto play the first media.

The creation unit 1503 is further configured create the player when theprocessing unit 1502 detects that the first control is triggered. Theplaying unit 1504 is further configured to play the first media afterthe creation unit 1503 creates the player.

Optionally, first prompt information in a form of text or icon isdisplayed in the media playing window or in the pop-up window, to promptthat automatic playing is not allowed or prompt the user whether to playthe first media.

Optionally, a condition for playing the first media in the windowincludes: all or some parts of the media playing window is displayed, orthe media playing window is displayed in the center of a display screenof the terminal.

Optionally, the display unit 1501 is further configured to: when theprocessing unit 1502 responds to an operation of the user, or when it isdetected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminal is in aconference mode or a mute mode, display a first interface for settingthe media do-not-disturb mode, where the first interface includes acontrol for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode.

The processing unit 1502 is further configured to, in response to anoperation of activating, by the user, the control for setting whether toenable the media do-not-disturb mode, enable the media do-not-disturbmode for all or some applications on the terminal.

Optionally, that the processing unit 1502 is configured to, in responseto the operation of activating, by the user, the control for settingwhether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, enable the mediado-not-disturb mode for all or some applications on the terminalspecifically includes: the display unit is configured to, when theprocessing unit 1502 responds to the operation of activating, by theuser, the control for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturbmode, display a second interface for setting the media do-not-disturbmode, where the second interface includes identifiers of M applicationsand M controls for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturbmode, the M controls respectively correspond to the M applications, andM is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and the processing unit 1502is configured to, by respectively responding to operations ofactivating, by the user, N controls in the M controls, enable the mediado-not-disturb mode for N applications corresponding to the N controls,where N is an integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, the display unit 1501 is further configured to, when theprocessing unit 1502 is further configured to respond to an operation ofthe user, or when it is detected that data traffic is turned on, or whenthe terminal is in a conference mode or a mute mode, display a secondinterface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode, where the secondinterface includes identifiers of M applications and M controls forsetting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controlsrespectively correspond to the M applications, and M is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the display unit 1501 is further configured to, when theprocessing unit 1502 detects that the terminal accesses a wirelessnetwork, prompt the user to disable the media do-not-disturb mode, ordisplay the first interface.

Optionally, the terminal includes a display screen and a memory. Thememory includes a software program and/or a module of the firstapplication, and a software program and/or a module at a frameworklayer. The display screen displays the interface of the firstapplication. The framework layer obtains request information used torequest to create a player. The framework layer determines whethergeneration of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user. If the generation of the request information istriggered by the playing operation of the user, the framework layercreates the player, to play corresponding media. If the generation ofthe request information is not triggered by the playing operation of theuser, the framework layer rejects or discards the request information.

Optionally, the request information includes a generation time point atwhich the first application generates the request information.Determination, by the framework layer, of whether the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the userincludes: the framework layer determines whether a target input eventexists in obtained input events, where the target input event is aninput event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thegeneration time point of the request information, a time differencebetween the distribution time point of the target input event and thegeneration time point is less than first preset duration, and the targetinput event is distributed to the first application; if the target inputevent exists, the framework layer determines that the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the user;and if the target input event does not exist, the framework layerdetermines that the generation of the request information is nottriggered by the playing operation of the user.

With descriptions of the foregoing embodiments, a person skilled in theart may clearly understand that the embodiments provided herein may beimplemented by hardware, firmware or a combination thereof. When theembodiments provided herein are implemented by software, the foregoingfunctions may be stored in a computer-readable medium or transmitted asone or more instructions or code in the computer-readable medium. Thecomputer-readable medium includes a computer storage medium and acommunications medium, where the communications medium includes anymedium that enables a computer program to be transmitted from one placeto another. The storage medium may be any available medium accessible toa computer. This is used as an example but is not limited to: Thecomputer-readable medium may include a RAM, a ROM, an electricallyerasable programmable read-only memory, a compact disc read-only memory(CD-ROM) or another compact disc storage, a magnetic disk storage mediumor another magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can beconfigured to carry or store desired program code in a form of aninstruction or a data structure and that can be accessed by a computer.In addition, any connection may be appropriately defined as acomputer-readable medium. For example, if software is transmitted from awebsite, a server or another remote source by using a coaxial cable, anoptical fiber/cable, a twisted pair, a digital subscriber line (DSL) orwireless technologies such as infrared ray, radio and microwave, thecoaxial cable, optical fiber/cable, twisted pair, DSL or wirelesstechnologies such as infrared ray, radio and microwave are included infixation of a medium to which they belong. A disk and disc used by theembodiments include a compact disc (CD), a laser disc, an optical disc,a digital video disc (DVD), a floppy disk and a Blu-ray disc, where thedisk generally copies data by a magnetic means, and the disc copies dataoptically by a laser means. The foregoing combination should also beincluded in the protection scope of the computer-readable medium.

In summary, what is described above is merely a set of embodiments,which is not intended to limit the scope of protection . Anymodification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made according tothe disclosure shall fall within the scope of protection .

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 25. A do-not-disturb method, applicable to a terminalon which a first application is installed, wherein the method comprises:displaying an interface of the first application; when the interface ofthe first application comprises a media playing window, if the firstapplication is in a media do-not-disturb mode, determining whetherplaying of first media in the window is triggered by a playing operationof a user; if the playing of the first media in the window is triggeredby the playing operation of the user, playing the corresponding media;and if the playing of the first media in the window is not triggered bythe playing operation of the user, pausing or stopping play of thecorresponding media.
 26. The do-not-disturb method according to claim25, wherein when the interface of the first application comprises themedia playing window, the method further comprises: creating a player toplay the first media, and determining a creation time point of theplayer; and wherein determining whether playing of first media in thewindow is triggered by a playing operation of a user comprises:determining whether a target input event exists in a set of obtainedinput events, wherein the target input event is an input eventcorresponding to the playing operation of the user, a distribution timepoint of the target input event is earlier than the creation time pointof the player, a time difference between the distribution time point ofthe target input event and the creation time point of the player is lessthan a first preset duration, and the target input event is distributedto the first application; if the target input event exists, determiningthat the playing of the first media in the window was triggered by theplaying operation of the user; and if the target input event does notexist, determining that the playing of the first media in the window wasnot triggered by the playing operation of the user.
 27. Thedo-not-disturb method according to claim 26, wherein a package name ofan application to which the target input event is distributed is thesame as a package name of the first application; and/or a process ID ofan application to which the target input event is distributed is thesame as a process ID of the first application.
 28. The do-not-disturbmethod according to claim 25, wherein if the playing of the first mediain the window was not triggered by the playing operation of the user,and a total duration of the first media is greater than a secondduration, the playing of the first media is paused or stopped.
 29. Thedo-not-disturb method according to claim 25, wherein if the playing ofthe first media in the window is not triggered by the playing operationof the user, the method further comprises: displaying a first control inthe media playing window or in a pop-up window, wherein the firstcontrol is configured to trigger the playing of the first media; andwhen the first control is triggered, playing, by the terminal, the firstmedia.
 30. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 29, whereinfirst prompt information in a form of text or icon is displayed in themedia playing window or in the pop-up window, to prompt that automaticplaying is not allowed or prompt the user whether to play the firstmedia.
 31. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 25, wherein themethod further comprises: in response to an operation of the user, orwhen it is detected that data traffic is turned on, or when the terminalis in a conference mode or a mute mode, displaying a first interface forsetting the media do-not-disturb mode, wherein the first interfacecomprises a control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode; and in response to an operation of activating, bythe user, the control for setting whether to enable the mediado-not-disturb mode, enabling the media do-not-disturb mode for all orsome applications on the terminal.
 32. The do-not-disturb methodaccording to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises: in responseto an operation of the user, or when it is detected that data traffic isturned on, or when the terminal is in a conference mode or a mute mode,displaying a first interface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode,wherein the first interface comprises a control for setting whether toenable the media do-not-disturb mode; in response to an operation ofactivating, by the user, the control for setting whether to enable themedia do-not-disturb mode, displaying a second interface for setting themedia do-not-disturb mode, wherein the second interface comprisesidentifiers of M applications and M controls for setting whether toenable the media do-not-disturb mode, the M controls respectivelycorrespond to the M applications, and M is an integer greater than orequal to 1; and in response to an operation of activating, by the user,one of the M controls, enabling the media do-not-disturb mode for anapplication corresponding to the control.
 33. The do-not-disturb methodaccording to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises: in responseto an operation of the user, or when it is detected that data traffic isturned on, or when the terminal is in a conference mode or a mute mode,displaying a second interface for setting the media do-not-disturb mode,wherein the second interface comprises identifiers of M applications andM controls for setting whether to enable the media do-not-disturb mode,the M controls respectively correspond to the M applications, and M isan integer greater than or equal to
 1. 34. The do-not-disturb methodaccording to claim 25, wherein the method further comprises: when it isdetected that the terminal accesses a Wi-Fi network, prompting the userto disable the media do-not-disturb mode, or displaying the firstinterface.
 35. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 25, whereinthe terminal comprises a display screen and a memory, and the memorystores a software program and/or a module of the first application, anda software program and/or a module at a framework layer; whereindisplaying an interface of the first application comprises: displaying,by the display screen, the interface of the first application; whereindetermining whether playing of first media in the window is triggered bya playing operation of a user comprises: determining, by the frameworklayer, whether the playing of the first media in the window is triggeredby the playing operation of the user; wherein playing the correspondingmedia comprises: playing, by the framework layer, the correspondingmedia; and wherein pausing or stopping playing the corresponding mediacomprises: pausing or stopping, by the framework layer, playing thecorresponding media.
 36. The do-not-disturb method according to claim35, wherein when the interface of the first application comprises themedia playing window, the method further comprises: creating, by theframework layer, a player to play the first media, and determining, bythe framework layer, a creation time point of the player; and whereindetermining, by the framework layer, whether the playing of the firstmedia in the window is triggered by the playing operation of the usercomprises: determining, by the framework layer, whether a target inputevent exists in obtained input events, wherein the target input event isan input event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thecreation time point of the player, a time difference between thedistribution time point of the target input event and the creation timepoint of the player is less than first preset duration, and the targetinput event is distributed to the first application; if the target inputevent exists, determining, by the framework layer, that the playing ofthe first media in the window is triggered by the playing operation ofthe user; and if the target input event does not exist, determining, bythe framework layer, that the playing of the first media in the windowis not triggered by the playing operation of the user.
 37. Ado-not-disturb method, applicable to a terminal on which a firstapplication is installed, wherein the method comprises: displaying aninterface of the first application; when the interface of the firstapplication comprises a media playing window, obtaining requestinformation that is generated by the first application and that is usedto create a player; if the first application is in a mediado-not-disturb mode, determining whether generation of the requestinformation is triggered by a playing operation of a user; if thegeneration of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user, creating the player, and playing, with theplayer, corresponding media based on the request information; and if thegeneration of the request information is not triggered by the playingoperation of the user, rejecting or discarding the request information.38. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 37, wherein the requestinformation comprises a generation time point at which the firstapplication generates the request information; and wherein determiningwhether generation of the request information is triggered by a playingoperation of a user comprises: determining whether a target input eventexists in obtained input events, wherein the target input event is aninput event corresponding to the playing operation of the user, adistribution time point of the target input event is earlier than thegeneration time point of the request information, a time differencebetween the distribution time point of the target input event and thegeneration time point is less than a first preset duration, and thetarget input event is distributed to the first application; if thetarget input event exists, determining that the generation of therequest information is triggered by the playing operation of the user;and if the target input event does not exist, determining that thegeneration of the request information is not triggered by the playingoperation of the user.
 39. The do-not-disturb method according to claim38, wherein a package name of an application to which the target inputevent is distributed is the same as a package name of the firstapplication; and/or a process ID of an application to which the targetinput event is distributed is the same as a process ID of the firstapplication.
 40. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 37,wherein if playing of first media in the window is not triggered by theplaying operation of the user, and a total duration of the first mediais greater than a second duration, the playing of the first media ispaused or stopped.
 41. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 37,wherein if the playing of the first media in the window is not triggeredby the playing operation of the user, the method further comprises:displaying, by a display screen, a first control in the media playingwindow or in a pop-up window, wherein the first control is configured totrigger the playing of the first media; and when the first control istriggered, playing, by the terminal, the first media.
 42. Thedo-not-disturb method according to claim 37, wherein the terminalcomprises a display screen and a memory, and the memory stores asoftware program and/or a module of the first application, and asoftware program and/or a module at a framework layer; whereindisplaying an interface of the first application comprises: displaying,by the display screen, the interface of the first application; whereinobtaining request information that is generated by the first applicationand that is used to create a player comprises: obtaining, by theframework layer, the request information that is generated by the firstapplication and that is used to request to create the player; whereindetermining whether generation of the request information is triggeredby a playing operation of a user comprises: determining, by theframework layer, whether the generation of the request information istriggered by the playing operation of the user; wherein creating theplayer, and playing, with the player, corresponding media comprises:creating, by the framework layer, the player, to play the correspondingmedia; and wherein rejecting or discarding the request informationcomprises: rejecting or discarding, by the framework layer, the requestinformation.
 43. The do-not-disturb method according to claim 42,wherein the request information comprises a generation time point atwhich the first application generates the request information; andwherein determining, by the framework layer, whether the generation ofthe request information is triggered by the playing operation of theuser comprises: determining, by the framework layer, whether a targetinput event exists in a set of obtained input events, wherein the targetinput event is an input event corresponding to the playing operation ofthe user, a distribution time point of the target input event is earlierthan the generation time point of the request information, a timedifference between the distribution time point of the target input eventand the generation time point is less than a first preset duration, andthe target input event is distributed to the first application; if thetarget input event exists, determining, by the framework layer, that thegeneration of the request information is triggered by the playingoperation of the user; and if the target input event does not exist,determining, by the framework layer, that the generation of the requestinformation is not triggered by the playing operation of the user.
 44. Aterminal, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory isconfigured to store one or more computer programs; and when the one ormore computer programs stored in the memory are executed by theprocessor, the terminal is enabled to perform the following operations:displaying an interface of a first application; when the interface ofthe first application comprises a media playing window, if the firstapplication is in a media do-not-disturb mode, determining whetherplaying of first media in the window is triggered by a playing operationof a user; if the playing of the first media in the window is triggeredby the playing operation of the user, playing the corresponding media;and if the playing of the first media in the window is not triggered bythe playing operation of the user, pausing or stopping play of thecorresponding media.